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Scruton Roger |
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Titolo |
The Roger Scruton reader / / compiled, edited and with an introduction by Mark Dooley |
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London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2009 |
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©2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-87371-7 |
9786612873713 |
1-4411-2730-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Philosophy |
Political science - Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction: A Philosophy of Love; Section 1: Conservatism; Section 2: The Nation; Section 3: Sex and the Sacred; Section 4: Culture; Section 5: Homecomings; Suggestions for Further Reading; A Bibliography of Roger Scruton's Books 1974-2009; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Roger Scruton Reader is the first comprehensive collection of Scruton`s writings, spanning a period of thirty years. It gathers selections from some of his earliest works such as The Aesthetics of Architecture (1979) to his most recent Culture Counts(2007). The book also includes a good number of unpublished essays. It is made up of five sections- the last section of all contains some of Scruton`s most pugilistic pieces on Dawkins and on The Iraq War. Scruton holds Burkean political views and his book The Meaning of Conservatism was a response to the growth of liberalism in the Conservativ |
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